Booker T: Everyone Crapped On Danhausen After His WWE Debut, Except Me. He’s A Marketing Machine

Danhausen made his WWE debut at WWE Elimination Chamber, coming out of a mystery box. Astute fans heard the thunderous ovation he got, but some weren’t impressed with his first impression.

Two months later and Danhausen is one of the most popular WWE superstars, especially when it comes to merchandise.

“When Danhausen came in, everybody crapped on him,” Booker T told Ryan Gaydos of Fox News. “Everybody was like, ‘Man, what the heck is going on? This is not gonna work.’ Everybody except me. I’m literally the minority in this whole thing. I said, look guys, I don’t know what everybody is thinking about but when you take wrestlers and characters like Danhausen out of the wrestling business, you lose sight on what the wrestling business truly is.

“We need the George ‘The Animal’ Steeles of this business. We need those characters that’s going to come out and bring the levity down and just make you feel a certain way and just fun for you. I said this guy is going to be a merchandising, you know, a marketing machine. He’s proved to be everything that I said he was gonna be. So, for me, I love the Danhausen character being a part of WWE. I said, if I never did the spina-rooni, what would my career have been? If The Rock never did the People’s Elbow, where would have careers have gone without that? So, for me, I love having Danhausen as a part of WWE.”

The man who is “Very Nice, Very Evil” is currently undefeated in WWE, recently defeating The Miz.

He has also undefeated in curses.